DNA of Perry Smith, Richard Hickock could help solve 1959 killings in Osprey

Perry Smith (left) and Richard Hickock were executed for the Kansas murders of Herb Clutter, his wife and two of their children in 1959. The murders became the basis for Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."

Kansas Department of Corrections

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Perry Smith (left) and Richard Hickock were executed for the Kansas murders of Herb Clutter, his wife and two of their children in 1959. The murders became the basis for Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."

Kansas Department of Corrections

Kansas officials have exhumed the bodies of two men executed for the 1959 killings of a Kansas family made infamous in Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood."